Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,969 real monologues from 153 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- C25 lines
But, oh, how vile an idol proves this god.
Antonio's betrayed speechTwelfth Night · 2012Betrayal turns into moral argument, and the restraint makes the hurt land harder. - B15 lines
You gonna take the coward's way out?
Death makes him pick up the swordPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Three questions pin him: extra lives, the chicken door, then the blade slammed back at his paws. - B25 lines
No, old man, you have not hurt these people if But you must understand,
Danforth on the AgeThe Crucible · 2014He builds the trial into a sunrise that separates light from dusk. - C13 lines
Dr. Oppenheimer is a man of upstanding character.
Rabi vouches for characterOppenheimer · 2023He stacks loyalty: the man, the country, the friend, the institution. - B24 lines
Oh. I’m not trained to go over there.
Ken’s job description for BeachBarbie · 2023Each line shrinks the duty until he admits he cannot save anyone. - B24 lines
You said that
Shane traces how she found itSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021She starts with the person who knew him longest, walks it to the church, and lands on one phone call. - B13 lines
For me when I watch it, it's -- I'm --
She cannot watch herself actFriends: The Reunion · 2021She names the job, then admits the tape looks like a lie she would never buy. - C24 lines
Remain thou still in darkness.
Sir Topas passes sentenceTwelfth Night · 2012It fakes a church sentence from a joke, solemn enough to be absurd. - B14 lines
No.
Puss picks his nerve back upPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022Four lines: one life, no more running, fear me, then he will never stop for this one. - B24 lines
She claims as well that none of you have Now, children, this is a court of law.
Danforth on Law and BibleThe Crucible · 2014He stacks law, Bible and death penalty into one solemn warning. - C15 lines
Dr. Bush, I thought I was performing a service
Bush on trying a manOppenheimer · 2023He starts from service to the country and lands on try me then. Principle rides on temper. - B24 lines
Everything is backwards here.
Barbie indicts the Real WorldBarbie · 2023Object, hated, called crazy, arrested: each beat drops another floor. - B23 lines
You told me
Hold on, let go, then the giftSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021The old lesson becomes the present: what he was meant to release, someone else kept. - B12 lines
I can't quite be specific about which one,
He claims the Geller houseFriends: The Reunion · 2021Three labels pin him to the part: picky, wrecked, and those tight pants. - C25 lines
They praise me and make an ass of me.
Feste on enemies and friendsTwelfth Night · 2012Feste builds a topsy-turvy argument that flattery harms and honesty helps, then leaves it hanging. - B24 lines
Star light, star bright,
Jack recites the star rhymePuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022The nursery couplet never finishes, so greed is caught mid-spell. - B24 lines
A fire, a fire is burning!
Proctor's courtroom outburstThe Crucible · 2014It builds from fire to the devil's face and drags the judges into the same flames. - C15 lines
'Cause I don't like your phrase.
Kitty breaks the questionOppenheimer · 2023She vetoes the wording, then cuts money and curiosity away from joining. - B12 lines
I got sad and weird,
The doodles made Barbie like herBarbie · 2023Sadness leaks into the drawings. She could not be her daughter, so she made Barbie herself. - B24 lines
You know, I got the audition sides across my fax machine,
Janice came in on a faxFriends: The Reunion · 2021From faxed sides to she lives in me: the part as something already inside her. - C24 lines
So comes it, lady, you have been mistook.
The twins explainedTwelfth Night · 2012Four lines untangle the mistaken identity and confirm the betrothal in one calm sweep. - B24 lines
But I did, Mama.
Goldi says just rightPuss in Boots: The Last Wish · 2022She denies the leftover wish, then files the bears under a fairy-tale punchline. - B24 lines
I come to do the Devil's work.
Hale's confessionThe Crucible · 2014A few short lines turn him into the devil's helper and end with blood on his head. - C13 lines
It was all part of his plan.
Strauss calls the guilt a crownOppenheimer · 2023The voice-over treats the public stand as a planned show, and the crown nails the pose.